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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

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  • The reliability of behavioral priming effects, where incidental cues influence actions, has become a subject of debate.
  • Previous research yielded significant findings, but recent replication failures have cast doubt on the robustness of these effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the replicability and conditions under which priming effects reliably influence human behavior.
  • To examine whether primes affect decisions even when participants are aware of and instructed to ignore them.

Main Methods:

  • A within-subjects gambling game procedure was employed across six replications (N = 988).
  • Participants made decisions to bet or pass under conditions with visible primes (with warnings) and masked subliminal primes.
  • A process dissociation procedure was used to differentiate automatic and controlled cognitive processes.

Main Results:

  • Primes consistently influenced gambling decisions, particularly when choices were uncertain.
  • Behavioral priming effects were observed with both visible primes (even with warnings) and subliminal masked primes.
  • Evidence suggests primes influence behavior through both automatic and controlled cognitive pathways.

Conclusions:

  • Behavioral priming effects are reliable under specific conditions, challenging the notion that they are solely artifacts of flawed methodology.
  • The findings advocate for separating the question of priming's existence from the methodological challenges of replication.
  • Primes can influence behavior, even unintentionally, through both conscious and unconscious cognitive processes.